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Succession: How creator Jesse Armstrong went from Peep Show's Croydon flat to HBO show's Manhattan boardroom - Kernels podcast

The screenwriter's excellent new HBO/Sky Atlantic series is a world away from the exploits of the El Dude Brothers

Christopher Hooton
Wednesday 15 August 2018 14:37 BST
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Succession centres on malevolent media family the Roys
Succession centres on malevolent media family the Roys

How do films make you feel? The Independent gets personal about cinema and TV with actors, directors, cinematographers and other people from the continually evolving world of "content" in a fortnightly(ish) podcast hosted by Film & TV Critic-at-large Christopher Hooton.

In episode 32, Chris talks to the man behind Peep Show and In The Loop about his major new HBO/Sky Atlantic show Succession, which centres on a Murdoch-esque family ruling the American media. The pair explore how writers' rooms work, what a showrunner actually does, getting your head around complex business jargon for a script, the 'toilet paper draft', and the future of liberalism in the face of Trump.

Listen to it below, subscribe on iTunes, Apple Podcasts and other podcasts apps here, and follow the podcast @kernels and host @ChristophHooton on Twitter. You can find previous episodes with Matthew McConaughey, Sir Patrick Stewart, Adam Driver and more here.

Succession is airing on Sky Atlantic in the UK now.

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